Infertility lecture powerpoint

Question 1

Infertility

Answer 1

A failure of a COUPLE to conceive after 12 months of regular intercourse without use of contraception in women <35, or 6 months of regular intercourse without use of contraception in women >35 years of age

Question 2

Fecundability

Answer 2

Probability of acheiving pregnancy in one month, dereases over time and decreases with increasing age,about 1/4 less than 35 and 1/10 over

Question 3

Primary infertility

Answer 3

couple who has never acheived a pregnancy

Question 4

Secondary infertility

Answer 4

Couple who has had one previous conception take place

Question 5

3 categories of fertility problems

Answer 5

• ovulatory disorder
• fallopian tube patency problem
• sperm problem

Question 6

Most common cause of infertility overall

Answer 6

anovulation

Question 7

Hydrosalpinges

Answer 7

A common type of tubal blockage that causees infertility due to fluid buildup in the tube

Question 8

1 in 5 women affected by PID of any cause will become….

Answer 8

…infertile

Question 9

Uterine leiomyomata/fibroid and pregnancy

Answer 9

can be associated with lower pregnancy rates but not always

Question 10

Common causes of sperm disorders

Answer 10

• hormone deficiency
• congenital defect
• mechanical testicular damage
• varicocele
• toxins

Question 11

Normozoospermia

Answer 11

When semen show normal characteristics

Question 12

Asthenozoospermia

Answer 12

Reduced sperm motility

Question 13

Teratozoospermia

Answer 13

Sperm with abnormal morphology

Question 14

Azoospermia

Answer 14

No sperm present in semen

Question 15

Aspermia

Answer 15

Complete lack of semen

Question 16

Stress and infertility

Answer 16

Psychological stress has a negative impact on fertility

Question 17

Infertility evaluation indications

Answer 17

After 12 months for under 35, 6 months for 35-40, less than 6 months for >40 or those with extraneous issue

Question 18

3 standard tests in initial evaluation of infertility

Answer 18

• Semen analysis to detect male infertility
• documentation of normal ovulatory function or lh test
• hysterosalpingography

Question 19

Ovarian drilling

Answer 19

2nd line treatment for PCOS where we puncture the ovary 5-10 times with electrocervical needle stimulating in production of sex hormones and some women begin to ovulate as a result

Question 20

Intrauterine artificial insemination

Answer 20

Most common AI technique used in healthy women because it brings sperm within uterus, no benefit from going inside fallopian tubes,

Question 21

In vitro fertilization

Answer 21

Test tube baby, involves exogenous fertilization and insertion into uterus

Question 22

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Answer 22

Using a very fine pipette to put a sperm into an egg

Question 23

Intrafallopian transfers

Answer 23

Place of sperm and egg laparoscopically into fallopian tubes to allow for natural selection of the sperm to occur